I like morning. I have had much better success on big bucks in the morning. And if you do get an arrow in one in the morning the recovery is much easier With good light then with flash lights at night. But hunting the rut any thing can happen any time of the day.

I also like hunting food sources in December if the temperatures go below zero for three or four days in a row deer need to feed at this time and the bigger bucks that have made it through all the rifle hunting that we have are just starting to move again and with the combination of being run down from the rut and all the rifle hunters in the woods. They are looking to put on some body fat to just make it through the winter. When I am talking below zero I am talking fifteen to twenty below zero and I live in northern Wisconsin so that is Fahrenheit temperature I don’t know what that is north of the border. I have had some of my best hunts when the weather is like that. Also there is not too many other people in the woods at that time either. At 67 I don’t know if I am up for it anymore.

I shoot right handed with a cant on the bow allows me to see right down the center of the shaft to the target I don’t pay attention to the arrow though until I am at my anchor points and starting into my back then I look straight down the center of the shaft to the target. After that I concentrated on the target and the follow through of the shot. But if I open my left eye I will see two targets . But if I squint my left eye to cut down the amount of light that goes into it I see one target and target is clear. Bye doing it this way I can follow the arrow on its flight path to the target. And I swear that if the light is right I can see the feathers rotating as it is in flight. As far as shooting my shot gun I don’t even see the barrel I get out in front of the bird and swing through him as I pull the trigger on crossing shots. When the bird gets up and flies straight away I just look at the bird and pull the trigger. But getting back to the bow I use to shoot purely instinctively never looked at my arrow but my misses had no real pattern to them. And most of them were right and left not far most of the time but far enough that I was not going to except it. But by looking down my arrow and centering it right and left I don’t for a very long time. I think that the most important part of my after shot every thing is lined up is my follow through. I know that if my follow through is not good I have just missed up that shot.

@Jarrod Floyd I have never thought about looking down the center of the arrow as a peep but yes I do see that working that way. I was thinking about as looking down the barrel of a gun that doesn’t have any sights. But I will have to say that sense I started paying more attention to the arrow I have definitely tightened up my groups.

Good luck Bucky enjoy what God sets before the peace and quiet that you experience is something that you don’t get anywhere else. Soak it all in and remember who made it so you can enjoy it. The harvest is what we are trying to achieve but it’s just a small part of the overall picture. Good luck.

@Grant Richardson I have read Monty’s books when you start reading them there is no putting them down. I think it’s some of the best reading that I have read. The first time I read them I thought he is either crazy or stupid but I have came to the conclusion that he thieves on intense adventure.

My shot process takes a while to complete I think my way through it on every shot. I don’t shoot at birds that are flying. And I will not take a shot at an animal that may be marginal. I have lost my share of animals that I have hit and just didn’t get the hit that I was going for. I think we have all been there and experienced that . It’s the part of the game we play no matter how much we try not to let it happen. When I got really accurate with my compound bow and took my target shooting process to the hunting world I no longer lost any animals. Minus the sights and release that is basically the same process I use for my traditional bows. With a few variations. It’s how I am my most accurate.

@Jamie Robinson the hot melt I ordered from iron will is the Kimsha hot melt. I called them and that is what they said they were using. Have really done a lot of research on it and that is the reason I went with it. Thank you for your help. It really confirms my thinking.

I used the gorilla glue on my last arrows I did and it seems to be holding up so far. I have shot a lot of arrows sense I used it a practice shots but so far so good. I did order the Kimsha and find out which one I like better. Thanks for your input though.